On Friday, 15 November 1952, The New Musical Express published the first ever singles chart in the UK, comprising the twelve highest selling singles of the week, it increased to twenty on Friday, 1 October 1954, and thirty on Friday, 13 April 1956. On 10 March 1960, the chart increased to fifty singles and now published by The Record Retailer. When England lost in Spain, The Everly Brothers' Cathy's Clown was the best selling single for its second of seven weeks. When the Top Fifty chart of Thursday, 12 May 1960 was published, there were 34 surviving songs from the last chart when England played one week ago. The Top Forty is thus:-

1.	(=)	Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers (Warner Brothers)
2.	(=)	Do You Mind? - Anthony Newley (Decca)
3.	(=)	Someone Else's Baby - Adam Faith (Parlophone)
4.	(6)	Handy Man - Jimmy Jones (MGM)
5.	(7)	Sweet Nothin's - Brenda Lee (Brunswick)
6.	(8)	Stuck On You - Elvis Presley (RCA)
7.	(16)	Shazam! - Duane Eddy (London)
8.	(5)	Fall In Love With You - Cliff Richard and The Shadows (Columbia)
9.	(10)	Footsteps - Steve Lawrence (HMV)
10.	(2)	My Old Man's A Dustman - Lonnie Donegan (Pye)
11.	(18)	Cradle Of Love - Johnny Preston (Mercury)
12.	(4)	Standing On The Corner - The King Brothers (Parlophone)
13.	(12)	Clementine - Bobby Darin (London)
14.	(13)	Beatnik Fly - Johnny and The Hurricanes (London)
15.	(11)	Theme From 'A Summer Place' - Percy Faith (Philips)
16.	(17)	He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves (RCA)
17.	(14)	Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'be - Max Bygraves (Decca)
18.	(22)	Hit And Miss - John Barry Seven (Columbia)
19.	(15)	Wild One - Bobby Rydell (Columbia)
20.	(27)	Heart Of A Teenage Girl - Craig Douglas (Top Rank)
21.	(23)	What In The World's Come Over You - Jack Scott (Coral)
22.	(21)	Poor Me - Adam Faith (Parlophone)
23.	(24)	Delaware - Perry Como (RCA)
24.	(20)	Stairway To Heaven - Neil Sedaka (RCA)
25.	(19)	Running Bear - Johnny Preston (Mercury)
26.	(25)	You Got What It Takes - Marv Johnson (London)
27.	(42)	Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) - Eddie Byrnes and Connie Stevens (Warner Brothers)
28.	(26)	Mack The Knife - Ella Fitzgerald (HMV)
29.	(31)	Country Boy - Fats Domino (London)
30.	(32)	This Love I Have For You - Lance Fortune (Pye)
31.	(28)	Looking High High High - Bryan Johnson (Decca)
32.		Three Steps To Heaven - Eddie Cochrane (London)
33.	(29)	Why - Anthony Newley (Decca)
34.	(41)	Summer Set - Mr. Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band (Columbia)
35.	(30)	Heartbeat - Buddy Holly (Coral)
36.	(39)	Voice In The Wilderness - Cliff Richard and The Shadows (Columbia)
37.	(47)	Puppy Love - Paul Anka (Columbia)
38.	(36)	On A Slow Boat To China - Emile Ford and The Checkmates (Pye)
39.	(44)	I Love The Way You Love - Marv Johnson (London)
40.		Old Payola Roll Blues - Stan Freberg (Capitol)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, six Connie Francis and Doris Day, five Ronnie Hilton, four Lonnie Donegan, Buddy Holly and Guy Mitchell, three Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, The Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Marvin Rainwater, Johnnie Ray and Jimmy Young, two Paul Anka, Winifred Atwell, Harry Belafonte, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Russ Conway, The Crickets, Tommy Edwards, Bill Haley, Tab Hunter, Vera Lynn, Al Martino, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Lita Roza, Anne Shelton, Frank Sinatra, Stargazers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Whitfield and Slim Whitman, one each